West India Lights

West India Lights

Infobox Book
name = West India Lights
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for "West India Lights"
author = Henry S. Whitehead
illustrator =
cover_artist = Ronald Clyne
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = fantasy, horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1946
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 367 pp
isbn = NA
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"West India Lights" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Henry S. Whitehead. It was released in 1946 and was the second collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,037 copies.

Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines "Weird Tales", "Strange Tales", and "Amazing Stories".

Contents

"West India Lights" contains the following tales:

# "The Black Terror"
# "West India Lights"
# "'Williamson'"
# "The Shut Room"
# "The Left Eye"
# "Tea Leaves"
# "The Trap"
# "The Napier Limousine"
# "The Ravel "Pavane"
# "Sea Change"
# "The People of Pan"
# "The Chadbourne Episode"
# "Scar Tissue"
# "'—In Case of Disaster Only'"
# "Bothon"
# "The Great Circle"
# "Obi in the Caribbean"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=19| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=35-36 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=33 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=58-59 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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